Why does BRO lag the market?
Up 4% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 89%.
- Its share count rose 12.7% in a year,
−1Long-term trend
BRO's Quality Score rose 3 points on Mon, Nov 2, to 4.
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Up 4% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 89%.
−1Long-term trend
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 26 |
Wed Nov 4: Ex-dividend, $0.18 a shareAt the open. Pays Nov 11.
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.7% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
BRO is #13 of 17 by Quality Score among Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service.
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Net income over four quarters: BRO $1.21B, AJG $1.57B, RYAN $99.0M, BWIN -$81.2M.
Expected to report Mon Jan 25, after the close (in 84 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Revenue of $1.7B, 7% more than a year ago.
BRO's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 18% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $0.72 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | -4.3% | -5.0% | +1.1% |
| Jul 27, 2026 | -1.1% | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| Apr 27, 2026 | -4.7% | -4.5% | -12.8% |
Sales grew every year from 2018 to 2025, to $5.9B. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
Its dividends come to 16% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $0.72 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $238M a year |
| Free cash flow | $1.4B |
| Record | Raised each of the last 2 years |
One insider bought $50K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest:
20 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: BRO is under 0.1% of VIG, under 0.1% of DGRO, and under 0.1% of IVV, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
Brown & Brown Inc is a diversified insurance agency, wholesale brokerage, insurance programs, and service. The company's business is divided into two reportable segments: (i) the Retail segment, and (ii) the Specialty Distribution segment. The Retail segment provides a broad range of insurance products and services to commercial, public and quasi-public entities, and to professional and individual customers, as well as non-insurance warranty services and products through automobile and recreational vehicle dealer services businesses. The Specialty Distribution segment consists of wholesale brokerage and specialty businesses. Its geographic area is U.S, U.K and Others.
“The insurance intermediary business is highly competitive, and numerous firms actively compete with us for customers and insurance markets.”
BRO scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #13 of 17 in Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 4% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 89%. Shares: 12.7% more than a year ago (to Jun 30). Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
BRO scores 4 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #13 of 17 in Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind BRO's 4.
One insider bought $50K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market sales on record. The newest is Joia M. Johnson, Director, who bought $50K on Jun 9.
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